The Optimism Bias - Edinburgh Festival Guide

We often tend to be over-optimistic in our predictions for the future. Sometimes irrationally so. But can imagining a rosy future make us happier, healthier and more successful? Neuroscientist Dr Tali Sharot first encountered the optimism bias while working on 9/11 victim memories. Here she talks to Professor Richard Wiseman in a fascinating dissection of why the brain generates hope, how optimism may be central to our survival and why we may have evolved to imagine a brighter tomorrow. In association with Constable and Robinson